by Steve Tanham
A very dark day in January. I’m injured … nasty groin sprain. Haven’t played my favourite Pickleball for nearly two months. Click the link above if you’ve no idea what Pickleball is. Beware, though. It may ensnare you, as it has both of us. Being unable to play for so long is driving me nuts…But I digress. Me moaning is not the self-indulgent purpose … Read More Unbearable Soft
by Steve Tanham
Look at her… This once-stray has now ruled our household for over ten years. The Collie – now well trained and subservient to her – knows its place.. It’s been a long battle but Misti is now working on me. My wife is not a morning person. The cat has figured this out, and has been refining her cat-terrorist skills as the summer progressed. … Read More Cat Billiards
by Steve Tanham
I love Italian cafes. One of my favourites is in Bowness-on-Windermere. The Old Pump House nestles by the lake at the southern end of the town, close to the marina. When Tess the Collie needs a longer walk, I drive us here. We try for a space in the free public parking by the pitch & put then use the ‘chucker’ to throw her … Read More Ciao Bella…
by Steve Tanham
Someday soon in their lifetimes, our children will look back on ‘old photos’ like this, and smile at the hilarious lengths of wire we used to have to carry round – together with the multi-plug adaptors – to keep alive our small army of electronic devices. Their pocket-sized multi-phased, bio-safe, adaptive ‘boosters’ will transmit low power around and – probably through – human bodies … Read More A smile on Sunday : cables
by Steve Tanham
I’d read about it but never seen it: the celebrated ‘goose crossing’ manoeuvre at Bowness-on- Windermere. With my wife off to do the monthly shop at Costco (Haydock on the edge of Merseyside) via a close friend’s house for a cuppa in Leyland, Lancashire, I needed to brave the constant heavy rain and take Tess the collie for a decent walk. ‘We’ opted for … Read More Goose Crossing
by Steve Tanham
I like to think I’m a man of the world … I’ve certainly not ‘done it all’, but I’ve lived my life, fully. And greatly enjoyed each challenge as it came, often learning in the process, especially from the disasters. But I’d never met a tanga, before. Well not in a personal way… I’d better explain. I’ve just turned 70. “Surely not!” I hear … Read More Encounter with a tanga
by Steve Tanham
We have observed over the years that our best holidays are those where we have to ‘do a bit of work’ to engage with the destination landscape. Just getting on a cheap flight and staying in a sanitised resort is no longer satisfying, though a few days of sun at the end of a Cumbrian winter is much needed! Our best ever trip was … Read More Postcards from Sirmione
by Steve Tanham
I’ve written before about Ulverston and its surroundings, but mainly about the town rather than the walks around it. Ulverston, like Kendal, now has a new identity, so we decided to re-visit and see how much it had changed. ‘We’ being a small group of dedicated dog-walkers characterised by a liking for fish chowder and taking photographs of Lakeland’s Southern Fells – views enhanced … Read More Spring Madness… and sons of the desert
by Steve Tanham
We regret that Mr Tanham’s return from Europe was delayed. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. 😎
by Steve Tanham
To me, there’s something of the late 1950’s about any image like this with ‘stripey light’ in it. I was born in the middle of that decade. My parents were keen to escape the ‘factory streets’, and we moved out of the terraced housing of ‘old Bolton’ to a seemingly progressive village sitting on a hill halfway to Bury; where the cotton-barons were replaced … Read More Stripey light and an old red Mercedes
by Steve Tanham
If you turn around And your dog is nowhere to be seen She may be behind you And smarter than you are. ———- ©Stephen Tanham 2024 ———- All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax. Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher. He is the founding Director of the Silent Eye, which offers a journey of the soul guided by lessons, … Read More If you turn around
by Steve Tanham
‘When I said “mark the spot“, Jenkins, I had something else in mind!’ ‘Stewardess, would you kindly bring us two more coffees … and a cloth!’ ———- ©Stephen Tanham 2024 All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax. Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher.
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